790 V3 ch25

Noah could only talk about the A's all day Monday. He told everyone about our trip and how the A's looked good both on offense and defense. He didn't even care that some of our classmates weren't really into baseball, like Cassie in first period. She just stared at him blankly until Kaylee intervened and told Noah to shut up and do the lab. 

She put us back on track during chemistry, but as soon as we finished, Noah was back at it. When we got to practice, it got worse...or maybe better. He had teammates and other players to talk to about the weekend games. 

"I have a few announcements I want to make." Coach raised his voice as we were stretching, implying that the conversations had to stop around him. When he got everyone's attention, he nodded. "I know you're all excited about the A's bouncing back to take the lead in the series, but now it's practice time. I would like for you to focus on becoming a better player instead of talking about it."